Collab Fund
Three Big Things: The Most Important Forces Shaping the World
16+ min · · An irony of studying history is that we often know exactly how a story ends, but have no idea where it began. Here’s an example. What caused the financial crisis? Well, you have to understand the… · Shared by 1559, including David Nagel, 瑞拿頭, Lee Hower, Mathias Böhm, Jameson Lopp, #MuskOut (not parody), Mark Kaigwa, Ilia Markov, DP, Conan Xin, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Glyn Britton, Mario Clemente, mari, Jeff Atwood, Ines Bieler, Ryan Selkis 🪳
rootsofprogress.org
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
12+ min · · The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Yet it was a simple mechanical invention. It would seem to require no brilliant inventive insight, and certainly no scientific… · Shared by 539, including Gerrit Eicker, Clemens, Josep M. Ganyet, Howard Getson, Mathew Ingram, Paolo Sinelli, andrew chen, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Kunal Bhatia, 瑞拿頭, rudolph regter, Tauno, Tom Connor, Paul Kedrosky, Jelan Ong, Vikram Dutt
Visual Capitalist
The 10 Breakthrough Technologies That Will Define 2019
11+ min · · Which innovations will dominate headlines in 2019? According to Bill Gates, watch for these 10 breakthrough technologies to change the world. · Shared by 171, including Vincenzo Tremonte, Bernhard Huessy, Tom Connor, Ines Bieler, Antonio Vieira Santos, Michael Grupe, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, rudolph regter, Martina Grolimund, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ste Davies, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, 瑞拿頭, Andreas Staub, John Nosta
NPR
Enjoy The Extra Day Off! More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try
4 min · · The notion of a shorter workweek might sound crazy to overworked Americans, but around the world, companies and even governments are starting to embrace it. The key is fewer meetings and distractions. · Shared by 160, including Harpreet Singh, 瑞拿頭, Danie, Antonio Ramos, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe
medium.com
A most peaceful revolution
20+ min · · Bitcoin is a slow-burning but potent nonviolent rebellion. · Shared by 156, including Jameson Lopp, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, Oleg Baskov, Ryan Selkis 🪳, notsofast, Matthias Lampe, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, 瑞拿頭, Jon Matonis
Forbes
Software Ate The World, Now AI Is Eating Software
8 min · · A decade ago Andreessen declared that software was eating the world. Little did he know that software itself would be food to the new player in town: AI. · Shared by 156, including Yves Mulkers, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Rick King, Thomas Power, Nicolas Babin, Florian Hanke 🍎, Yvette Dubel, Ronald van Loon, Tamara McCleary, Steve Tunstall, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Billeter, 瑞拿頭, Remy Bataille, Terence Mills, Nige Roberts-Willson, Dave Capuano, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
confluent.io
Every Company is Becoming Software
12+ min · · Businesses aren't just using more software—they are increasingly defined in software. Apache Kafka and the event streaming platform will be at the heart of the modern software-defined company. · Shared by 124, including Neha Narkhede, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Remy Bataille, kp, Bertrand Maltaverne, Patrick OShaughnessy, Confluent, Pete Skomoroch, Marc G., Thomas Power, 瑞拿頭
WIRED
The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All
4 min · · The typical response to the onslaught of falsehood is to say, lol, nothing matters. But when so many of us are reaching this point, it really does matter. · Shared by 117, including Gökçe Ozan Toptaş, zeynep tufekci, Thomas Power, Mark Little, Christophe Jean, Dayyan Smith, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Jonathan Kogan, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Backchannel, Amber Mac, 瑞拿頭, Charles Baldwin, Mark Kaigwa
linkedin.com
Paradigm Shifts
· One of my investment principles is: Identify the paradigm you’re in, examine if and how it is unsustainable, and visualize how the paradigm shift will transpire when that which is unsustainable stops. Over my roughly 50 years of being a global macro investor, I have observed there to be relatively l · Shared by 94, including 瑞拿頭, eej, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Tom Connor, Jonathan Kogan, Taylor Pearson, Libertas, Ha Duong, Ray Dalio
The New Yorker
Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?
20+ min · · For a century, we’ve loved our cars. They haven’t loved us back. · Shared by 87, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Christopher Lauer™, Dan Hill, 瑞拿頭, Tom Connor, Brent Toderian, Jonathan Kogan, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brooks Rainwater, kate wagner (rilke era)
Gizmodo
What Technology Is Most Likely to Become Obsolete During Your Lifetime?
9 min · · Certain Boomer basements are little shrines to obsolescence, untidy stockrooms of the one-time cutting-edge: VCRs, corded telephones, immense beige PC monitors, etc. Way fewer Millennials will have… · Shared by 81, including Michael Grupe, Howard Getson, Yvette Dubel, Tac Anderson, Jonathan Kogan, 瑞拿頭
Futurism
UN warning: food is going to get really, really expensive
1 min · · But there are ways to avoid this future food crisis. · Shared by 69, including Thomas Power, Florian Hanke 🍎, Damir Kusar, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 瑞拿頭, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Claudia Sommer
nature
Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
3 min · · The research could eventually lead to new sources of organs for transplant, but ethical and technical hurdles need to be overcome. · Shared by 66, including Azeem Azhar, John Nosta, Thomas Power, 瑞拿頭, Charles Baldwin, John Hagel, Yvette Dubel
The New York Times
A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises, Study Says
4 min · · Around the world, 17 countries are currently facing extremely high water stress. Climate change is making the problem worse. · Shared by 62, including Mike Butcher, NYTimes Communications, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, publici, scott belsky, Katja Evertz, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
The Atlantic
The Power of Buying Less by Buying Better
20+ min · · A number of new online fashion retailers are capitalizing on consumers’ desires to purchase clothing that lasts. · Shared by 55, including 瑞拿頭, Alexandra Wong
VANITY FAIR
Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Already Over
14+ min · · From A.I. Aaron Sorkin to C.G.I. actors to algorithmic editing, Nick Bilton investigates what lies ahead. · Shared by 39, including Hugo Amsellem, 瑞拿頭